Building Blocks is a pedagogical approach to teaching and learning

Building Blocks is a pedagogical approach to teaching and learning

Building Blocks is a pedagogical approach to teaching and learning

Building Blocks

Many schools are now part of the Building Blocks family of schools – our flagship approach to a one-stop planning, monitoring, assessment and reporting package. By joining all the dots, Building Blocks supports busy teachers and school leaders by reducing workload without compromising the quality needed to ensure exciting and dynamic learning.

Invite us to your school or cluster meeting for a complimentary Building Blocks ‘Show and Tell’ session.

What is Building Blocks?

Building Blocks is a pedagogical approach to teaching and learning that allows schools to plan, monitor, assess and report on their curriculum offering in line with Welsh Government’s proposals for the Curriculum for Wales. Building Blocks enables teachers to focus on ‘What Matters’ saving time and money as all planning, monitoring and assessment systems are in one place. Traceable data from all components of the Learning and Teaching cycle is available to school leaders, local authorities and Estyn.

What is 21st Century Learning?

Globally, there is a shift in what are deemed to be the important elements of learning,

Deeper conceptual understanding

Connected and coherent knowledge

Authentic knowledge in context

Creativity and problem solving

Learning in collaboration and to collaborate

Ethics and values and Personal agency.

The Building Blocks Authentic Contexts for Learning

Building Blocks learning experiences are written to provide children with opportunities to use and apply cross curricular skills in real life meaningful contexts. The challenges are relevant to the needs of today, easily understood by all, encompassing an entitlement to high quality education for every child.